The Land of Milk and Honey

Cooking with Honey

by Laurie Dotson

All I want to do is get my garden growing! It’s all I have on my mind, these days. Do I have all my seeds? Where are the shipments? Did I remember to buy non-GMO seeds? When can I get farmer Bud to till up the garden? Why am I so late, in thinking about all of these? Potato SEEDS???? ugh!:(

Yesterday, I was wandering around the yard, watching the clover grow and contemplating the future of my back yard. When I happened upon my wonderful rhubarb plant.

How lovely you are little, big plant! I didn’t think of you and yet here you are. What a blessing:)

A good friend, a couple years ago, gave me a bit of hers. Now I have, this honkin’ mass of beautiful rhubarb. Each stalk is at less, an inch in thickness and two feet long. I pulled out the biggest and longest stalk and then took a bite off the end! WoooDoggy was it tart! I felt like a kid all over.

Growing up in Michigan, My mother always had a plant or two her garden or along a fence line. My sister’s and I would each get a cup of white sugar and a short rhubarb stalk and go to town on it. Dipping the stack in the sugar and then gnawing on the sweet fibers to mix the two flavors. Yummy!

A few days ago my daughter had a birthday. She loves rhubarb. So, I thought for her big Birthday Bash, I would make something with Rhubarb! I came across multiple recipes and with a little experimenting, I made this for Hanna!

Directions:Heat oil in a medium saute pan. Add the shallots, allspice, salt and pepper and cook for 2-3 minutes, or until just softened. Add the ginger and cook 1 minute more. Add the rhubarb, honey and water to the pan. Cook until the rhubarb is just tender — you don’t want it to fall apart. Remove fruit heat and stir in red wine vinegar.

Be joyful in hope, patient in affliction, faithful in prayer. Romans 12:12NIV

PS I’m not a great blogger, but I do love passing on this love of all things delicious! If my grammar, spelling and punctuation is not correct please forgive me. I pray you can see pass that and see you heart.